Jan 14, 1981
103 min
Full-HD

Scanners (1981)

After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

Category

Science Fiction Horror

Country

Canada

Companies

Filmplan International

Jennifer O'Neill

Kim Obrist

Stephen Lack

Cameron Vale

Patrick McGoohan

Dr. Paul Ruth

Lawrence Dane

Braedon Keller

Michael Ironside

Darryl Revok

Robert A. Silverman

Benjamin Pierce

Lee Broker

Security One

Mavor Moore

Trevellyan

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